Display and shipping container



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. simple design and construction which will Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATIENT: OFFICE JAMES H. CLARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 01 ON E-HALF TO SWIFT AND COM- IPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS DISPLAY AND SHIPPING CONTAINER Application filed December 6, 1929. Serial No, 412,003.

The invention relates to display containers.

An objectof the invention is to provide an imfproved folding or collapsible box made rom a blank stamped or cut from a single sheet of cardboard or other suitable material, and adapted for packing and shipping merchandise and especially for displaying the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a convenient and inexpensive box adapted for general use as a packing box and which will also serve as a container for displaying the merchandise to the best of advantage.

A further object is to provide a box of serve as a container for shipping and displaying merchandise and which will also be capable of being folded into a flat, compact body for convenient packing or storage purposes.

With these and various other objects in view, the invention may consist of certain novel features of construction and operation, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the specification, drawings and claims appended hereto.

- In the drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the device and wherein like reference characters are used to designate like parts- Figure 1 is a perspective top. lan view of the box showing the same in display posi-. tion;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 22 of Figure 1; I

Fi re 3 is a bottom plan view of the box ShOWlIlg the extensions folded under forming the box into a'display container.

igure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view takep substantially along line 4-4 of Figure Figure 5 is a perspectiveview of the box showing the same with the flaps in overla ed position ready for shi ping; and

\ igure 6 is aplan view of t e blank from which the box is folded.

The improved foldable display box is formed from a single blank of heavy cardboard or other suitable material designated in its entirety as 10 (Figure 6): The blank is cut so as to form a plurality of rectangular flaps, all having one side joined to a longitudinally extending middle portion or body of the blank which determines the height of the box. The portion 12 forms the front of the box when used-for display purposes, and has formed therewith the bottom flap 14 and the front flap 16. Side portions 18 and 20 form the sides of the box and have joined with them flaps 22 and 24 forming the bottom and side flaps 26 and 28. The rear of the box structure is composed of a portion 30 having the bottom flap 32 and the rear flap 34 integral therewith.

For joining the body portions of the box atab 36 is sion 38 having V-shap'ed slots 40 provided in its ends. The side flaps are formed with extensions 42 folded along a diagonal as rovided which is adapted to' be fastened in any suitable manner to the shown and provided with tabs 44 which,

whenthe flaps are folded are adapted to be inserted within the slots, thus joining the three extensions and their connecting flaps.

When the box is to be used for shippin purposes, the bottom flaps 14 and 32v are folded along their body portions and overlap each other to a slight extent. Over this structure are folded the bottom flaps 22 and 24 of the side portions respectively. The top structure consists of the side flaps 26 and 28 which are folded first and then the front and rear fia s 16 and 34, which overlap to form the rigid closure asshown in Figure 5.

Upon the goods being shipped in a packing container of the character described, it is often desirable to display them upon the counter .in the same container, thus obviating the work of transferring thesame into another receptacle designed only for that particular purpose. For this reason the flaps designated have been provided withthe extensions described which allow the front flap 16 to be folded back upon the portion 12 and the extension 38 to extend under the bottom of the box as shown in Figure 4. The side flaps 26 and 28 are folded back in like manner upon the portionsl8 and so that the extensions 42 also project under the bottom and arejoined to the extensions 38 by the tabs 44 which are inserted into slots 40. This construction is clearly shown in Fi ure 3.

ployed for display Re erring to Figure 1, the container is shown in the position it assumes when em urposes. As theextension 38 is made oi a depth substantially one half of the flap 16, the front of the box is ordinarily disposed at the lowest level. The extensions 42 are folded along the'dia onal as described, which allows the si e flaps to increase in depth beginning with the portion adjacent the front and extending towards the rear flap. The box is therefore supported on an inclined structure so, that the merchandise contained therein can be displayed to the best of advanta e.

It is to'be understood that I 0 not wish to be limited by the exact embodiment of the device shown, which is merely by way of illustration and not limitation, as various and other forms of the device will of course be apparent to those skilled in the art with- I out departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

- I claim:

1. In a combined shipping and display container, in combination, .a bottom, side walls extending upwardly from the'bottom, a front and rear wall also extending from the bottom, fia s secured to said walls respectively, sai side flaps being provided with extensions having/tabs, and the front flap being provided with an extension having slots, said flaps being further adapted to overlie'the walls the extensions underlying the bottom, whereby the, container is supported in an elevated position.

2., Ina combined shipping and display container, in combination, a-bottom, side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, a front and rear wall also extending from .the bottom, fia s secured to said walls re- --spectively, 'sai with extensions having tabs, an

.flap being provided with anextension havside flaps being ing slots, said flaps being further-adapted to overlie the walls with the extenslons underlying the bottom, the extensions inte'rengaging with one another, whereby the ,contalner is supported in anxelevated posi- 6O tion.

a 3. In a combined shipping and display container, in combination, a bottom, walls extending upwardly from the bottom, flaps secured to said walls, one of said flaps being provided with a rectangular extension.

other of:- said flaps bein provided with a triangular extension, sai flaps beingadapted to overlie the walls, the extensions underlying the bottom, whereby the container is supported in an elevated position. 4. In a combined shipping and displa container, in combination, a bottom, wal s rovided I t e front 

